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- Since
1996 SEALS (Sanctuary Education Awareness and Long Term Stewardship)
volunteers have help protect pupping harbor seals in the Gulf of the
Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
- More
than 65 volunteers monitor harbor seals in Tomales Bay and Bolinas Lagoon
in Marin County
- In 2000,
SEALS volunteers donated 614 hours to the program for an equivalent
value of $10,438
- The number
of harbor seal pups at the SEALS observation sites has increased, reversing
an alarming decline for the first time in 15 years
- Volunteers
also participate in a collaborative effort conducting harbor seal population
counts throughout northern and central California
- SEALS
volunteers have reduced 95% of the disturbance to harbor seals from
clam diggers on Clam and Seal Islands in Tomales Bay
To find out
more about this program and how to volunteer visit the Farallones Marine
Sanctuary Association at http://www.farallones.org/volunteer/seals.htm
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